Apple-Samsung Patent War and Impact on Japans Industries

In a global war to dominate the smartphone market, Samsung and Apple have been at each other’s throats, playing out the war in courts around the world and accusing each other of patent violations. A California court recently ruled in favour of Apple and ordered Samsung to pay $1 billion, a figure that could rise dramatically when the case is played out. Samsung has won minor battles in the U.K., Japan and Australia, but with new mobile phone models and tablets being introduced by both firms, the war is only going to get bigger and bloodier. In Japan local manufacturers are being marginalized and even fighting for survival.
Japan-based expert Gerhard Fasol will return to the FCCJ to shed light on the Apple-Samsung dispute and how it impacts the Japan market, Japan operators and Japan manufacturers.

Gerhard Fasol runs Japan’s Eurotechnology K.K. consultancy (www.eurotechnology.com), has advised the president of Germany, JETRO and number of Japanese companies involved in high-tech industries and has authored Japanese patent applications. Fasol, who has written a number of books, graduated with a PhD in Physics from Cambridge University and was a tenured professor at Cambridge’s Cavendish Laboratory, a research scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Solid States Sciences in Germany, a manager of one of Hitachi’s R&D labs and was Director of Studies at Trinity College, Cambridge.

“Cash Goes Mobile and Electronic:. First to Market in Japan, and Then What?”

Next generation Electronic Payments Solutions

ヨ−ロッパと日本における携帯市場はなぜこれほどまでに違うのか、その結果としてのビジネス機会はどこにあるのか

Why are the European and the Japanese Mobile Phone Markets so Different – and where are the resulting business opportunities (In Japanese language) Speaker: Gerhard Fasol October 6, 2005 14:00-15:00 Conference Center, Makuhari Messe, Chiba, Japan CEATEC Trade Show Conference 2005, Session SP-11
Paradigm change of the global mobile phone business and opportunities for Japanese mobile phone makers

The emergence of iPhone, Android, open-sourcing of Symbian, and the growth of mobile data services are changing the paradigm of the global mobile phone business opening new opportunities for Japanese mobile phone makers. Japan’s mobile phone handset makers have missed most opportunities during the first wave of mobile phone opportunities. The developing paradigm change opens new opportunities for Japanese makers. The talk will explain the paradigm shifts and trends of the global mobile phone handset market, and resulting opportunities for Japanese mobile phone makers, and will indicate how these opportunities can actually be realized

現在の世界の携帯電話端末市場の状況

携帯電話市場のパラダイムシフト

何故ノキア社はそなに成功するか？

パラダイムシフトからの日本の携帯端末メーカのチャンス

日本の端末メーカー他の企業の戦えを勝ち•生き残るの方法：

パラダイムシフトの理解の上の戦略

ニッチ市場から

集中

ブランド

スピード

リーダーシップの多様性•ダイバーシティ

Will The iPhone Trigger A Turning Point In Japan’s Mobile Phone Industry?

Japan’s mobile phone and broad-band markets are about 3-6 years ahead of Europe: new services are typically invented or first brought to market in Japan, 3-6 years earlier than in Europe. Internet in Japan is generally much faster and much cheaper than in Europe. For this reason and because of it’s size, Japan’s telecom markets are full of opportunities for European companies with the right products and the right strategy, and for investors with the necessary knowledge.

Japan’s mobile phone industry is notoriously difficult to understand for Europeans because it’s
market logic is very different from Europe’s, and because the pace of innovation and structural change is much faster, and because of the language barriers.

This talk will explain the driving forces behind recent dramatic changes in Japan’s mobile telecom sector, and will explain new changes that the “ubiquitous-Japan” (“u-Japan”) policy will bring in the near future.

Do you need to know what Europe’s mobile phone and internet markets will look like in 2010 or 2015? – Come to this talk and you will get a good look into Europe’s IT future about 5 years ahead, as well as Japan’s telecom markets today.

Panel discussion for about 200 Japanese CEOs and high level managers about the challenges of international business management

Why Japan is several years ahead of Europe in Telecommunications, and what Europe can do to catch up? – briefing on Japan’s telecommunications sector

The Swedish controllers (CFOs) had asked for a briefing on Japan’s telecom industry. Some of their companies are considering to start, re-start, or grow faster in Japan, so there were many detailed questions about business in Japan, what can go wrong, personell issues, experience of other multinationals, and of course a lot of questions about IKEA and Vodafone.

My presentation was similar to the presentation I had given on March 23, 2006 to the Technology Attaches of the Embassies of the 25 European Union countries, which lead the European Union to award our company a project contract about EU vs Japan benchmarking issues in telecoms and key technology areas.

Why are mobile phones so hot in Japan? How can European companies profit from Keitai?

Speaker: Gerhard Fasol March 23, 2006 Delegation of the EU to Japan, Tokyo Briefing for the Technology Attaches of the Embassies of the 25 European Union countries in Tokyo

Why are mobile phones so hot in Japan? How can European companies profit from Keitai?

Why are the European and the Japanese Mobile Phone Markets so Different – and where are the resulting business opportunities (ヨ−ロッパと日本における携帯市場はなぜこれほどまでに違うのか、その結果としてのビジネス機会はどこにあるのか) (In Japanese language)

Creating a Mission Statement for a Top Ranking Japanese Engineering University and Suggestions for its Realization

Japan’s Mobile Communications Industry

Speaker: Gerhard Fasol June 12, 2003 18:30-20:30 Embassy of Germany, Tokyo Residence of HE The Ambassador of Germany to Japan

E-commerce in Japan

Speaker: Gerhard Fasol Wednesday April 10, 2002 8:00-9:30am Chicago O’Hare Airport Conference Center Asia/Pacific – Midwest Business Conference organized by the US Department of Commerce and the Illinois District Export Council

Cross-Cultural Communication” (In Japanese Language)

Speaker: Gerhard Fasol Monday 22 January 1996 18:00-20:00, followed by buffet reception German Chamber of Commerce in Tokyo, (Deutsche Industrie und Handelskammer in Japan DIHKJ) Audience: Japanese Executives of German and Japanese Companies